Adding key schedules

- As you're planning your strategy for schedules…and which schedules to incorporate into…your project templates, make sure you consider…adding some key schedules.…A key schedule offers a convenient way to import…the values of several fields all at once by just…simply choosing a key off a list.…So it's another kind of schedule, but really…what its goal is to speed up data input.…So I made a file called Key Schedule,…and I'm looking at the door schedules,…and there's a great opportunity to introduce a key schedule…when you're talking about a door schedule.…

Consider the fact that you've got various doors,…but a door is really three things.…It's a door, it's a frame and it's a collection of hardware.…And all three of these things are listed…on the same schedule.…Now you could create door types that include…all the different combinations.…For example, I could have a wood flush door…in the same kind of frame as a door with a vision panel.…So does that mean I create two different door families…that include the same frame, or do I handle it…

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12/8/2014

Start customizing your Revit templates to save time and create consistent starting points for every architect in your office. This installment of Creating Revit Templates covers views and sheets. Imagine beginning a project and having it include all of the typical floor plans, elevations, and schedules, plus a basic set of sheets! This course will show you how to customize your office's standard templates to include these valuable resources. Author Paul F. Aubin shows how to add door and room schedules, customize your browser organization to sort views in specific ways, and add and organize sheets in a Sheet List.